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workshop was organised to provide an opportunity for a more detailed discussion by a group of leading health policy analysts of … competition’ is being touted as the answer to the weaknesses in their health care systems. …
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Research held on 7-8 March 2002 to explore key policy issues facing Australia's health sector. The Roundtable drew together … thirty leading practitioners and analysts on health policy issues. The topics covered included international developments in … health policy, cost pressures in health care systems, access and service delivery, supplier-induced demand and occupational …
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game condition. Meanwhile, humans are known to show a social stress response during face-to-face social interactions, which … might affect economic behaviors. Furthermore, it is known that there are individual differences in a social stress response … capacities of social memory. In the present study, we investigated the acute effects of social stress- induced free cortisol (a …
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The economic cost of the U.S. health care system goes beyond the cost of prescription drugs, doctor office visits and … being an industrialized economy. The high health care costs drive jobs, human capital and technology to countries where … wages and health care costs are lower as companies attempt to survive. This holistic perception to health care cost is a …
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In this paper, I examine the impact of employer-provided health benefits on job turnover. Because many employer … whether the worker's spouse provides the family with health benefits. If a worker's spouse has an employer-provided health … insurance for their family, the worker will value employment offers with and without health insurance benefits differently than …
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Working with Private Sector Provider for Better Healthcare: An Introductory Guide aims to provide the most critical approach to develop strategies for working with Private Sector Participation (PSPs) for better healthcare. This Guide focuses specifically on those PSPs who operate on a for-profit...
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The health care industry is being transformed. Large firms are merging and acquiring other firms. Alliances and … implications of these changes for the nature and consequences of competition in health care markets. In this paper we summarize the … nature of the changes in the structure of the health care industry. We will focus on the markets for health insurance …
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between private hospitals, doctors and the health insurance funds; and . draws attention to a number of policy issues germane …
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public sector interventions, notably reproductive health and immunization, supported by external assistance from the World …
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GOOD HEALTH IS A CRUCIAL PART OF WELL-BEING BUT SPENDING ON HEALTH CAN BE JUSTIFIED ON ECONOMIC GROUNDS. THE GOAL OF … REDUCING POVERTY PROVIDES A DIFFERENT BUT EQUALLY POWERFUL CASE FOR HEALTH INVESTMENTS. HOWEVER, IF POLICYMAKERS ARE TO … ACCELERATE THE SUBSTANTIAL HEALTH GAINS OF RECENT DECADES, ESPECIALLY FOR THE POOR IN AFRICAN COUNTRIES SUCH AS NIGERIA, THE …
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